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Gold lunula, Cruggleton
Two pieces from a sheet gold collar or lunula. The gold sheet has been decorated with a punched dec
Cremated human bone, Craigbirnoch
Cremated human bone and teeth. The cremation was buried in a stone cist grave together with a decor
Battle-axe, Cairnderry
A beautifully finished polished stone battle-axe. It is complete with squared-off butt, slightly ex
Collared Urn, Cairnderry
This pot, a small and squat Collared Urn, was found upside down resting on a stone in a pit. Below
Accessory vessel, Cairnderry
A small, irregularly-shaped pot. Above the base are four narrow perforations - they may have been u
Cup and Ring marks, Tongue
Cremation Urn, Lockerbie Academy
Cup Carvings, High Banks
Several groups of cup-and-ring markings occur on an exposure of rock 31m long facing WNW, and runnin
Glenquicken Cist
This cist (burial chamber), from which all traces of the covering cairn have been removed, is aligne
Drumblair Cairn
A large stone circular cairn, probably a Bronze Age burial cairn, on the coast of the Macahrs overlo
Cremation burial, Cairnderry
During excavations of the Neolithic chambered cairn at Cairnderry in 2003 a Bronze Age cremation bur
Cup and Ring Marks, Broughton Mains
Drumtroddan
Stone Wristguard, Lockerbie
The wristguard is 73mm long, 18mm wide and 6mm in maximum thickness. Its two perforations, drilled f
Antler Pin, Lockerbie
The pin has been manufactured from the tip of a small roe deer antler tine, its shape following the
Flint arrowhead, Lockerbie
This arrowhead, from the Bronze Age burial at Lockerbie which also contained a copper alloy dagger,
Hammerstone, Lockerbie
A hammerstone was found in association with a cremation urn at Lockerbie Academy. It is of typical
Collared urn, Lockerbie
A Bronze Age Collared Urn containing the cremated remains of a mature adult male was found within a
Dagger, Lockerbie
The dagger consists of a flat copper alloy blade; three plug rivets that had been used to fix the hi
Bronze Age burial, Port O' Spittal
Three sherds of Food Vessel pottery with some human teeth and bones from a cist burial. The label w
Cup and Ring marked stone
Cup and Ring marked stone Found in a field dyke near Blackmyres Farm, Kirkmabreck. It has at one ti
Cast of cup-and-ring marks
This is a plaster cast of cup and ring marked stones at theStewartryMuseum, Kirkcudbright. The origi
Burial Pygmy Cup, Whinnieliggate
This pygmy cup and sherds from a cinerary urn and cremation are all part of a mid Bronze Age burial
Carlochan Round Cairn Pygmy Cup
A pygmy cup excavated in the 1975 from a cairn on Halferne Farm. It was found underneath the inverte
Carlochan Round Cairn Urn
A cordoned urn and pygmy cup excavated in 1975 from a cairn on Halferne Farm, Crossmichael Parish. T
Cinerary Urn, Garrochar Farm, Creetown
Re-assembled from its original components, this is a plain bucket shaped cinerary urn with a broad r
Pygmy vessel, Palmerston
A decorated pygmy cup with a broad rim with lip decorated in incised chevrons. The sides which are d
Pygmy Cup, Palmerston
A decorated pygmy cup with an irregular globe shape with three uneven bands of incised markings arou
Cinerary Urn, Palmerston
A large cinerary urn with no decoration, with straight sides near rim with inward curve below, th
Cinerary Urn, Palmerston Park
In 1930 a contractor levelling a field between Terregles Street and Glasgow Street in Dumfries no
Cinerary Urn, Burnfoot Plantation, Dowglen Hill
Found partially exposed on the surface, this urn is relatively small, with rope work decoration on t
Cinerary Urn, Mid Gleniron Farm, Glenluce
A large decorated urn, with straight sides tapering to a flat base with two horizontal ridges around
Cinerary Urn, Applegarth
A large cinerary collared urn decorated with a pattern of incised lines with a diamond pattern near
Cinerary Urn, Applegarth
A large collared cinerary urn. The base has been lost. The urn has been decorated with a pattern of
Cinerary Urn, Applegarth
This collared cinerary urns has been re-assembled, from several fragments and has a flat narrow base
Cinerary Urn, Applegarth
This collared cinerary urns has been re-assembled, from several fragments and has a flat narrow base
Beaker Fragment, Water of Ken
Found on the surface bank of the Water of Ken, this is part of a decorated beaker - two surviving fr
Pygmy vessel, Kirkmahoe
A plain pygmy cup with straight sides tapering to a thick flat base, with two pairs of holes pierced
Pygmy vessel, Greystone Park, Dumfries
A rounded pygmy cup with thick sides and a flat base with decorative lines on the outside, with one
Cist burial, Mainsriddle, Colvend and Southwick
The man, possibly a warrior, died about 3,800 years ago. He is buried in a way typical of the Beake
Bronze Age Urn, Ochiltree
A cinerary urn found in a mound in 1955 when excavating for drains at a new housing scheme. The urn,
Cinerary urn, Ardeer
This urn was used to bury the ashes of the dead and was found at Ardeer, near Irvine, North Ayrshire
Battle-axe, Moormains
This beautiful stone battle-axe from Moormains, Wigtownshire was added to the Selby Collection in 18
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